Wednesday, 30 June 2010

This is also for a teacher and the brief was "make it as blingy as you like". I have used the Citrus papers again and instead of beading the handle I have used lots of different ribbons tied around a wire.I have blinged up the border with some adhesive gems. The clasp is a flower cut from the paper with a pearlised gem in the centre and mounted on a foam pad.

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

This is a card I was asked to make for a teacher. The stamp is from 4th dimension. I stamped it out four times on different papers and paper pieced it together again. I used the fab DCWV Citrus paper pad. I added some glitter glue, a little flower and a few butterflies. The image was matted and layered with some nestie circles.

Thursday, 24 June 2010

This is a 50th birthday card for my friend at work for all of us who work with her to sign. We are having a surprise party for her tomorrow night. The image is Pink Petticoat and all the papers are from the DCWV Citrus collection. I love this paper pad and have got so much use out of it. I have cut some nestie circles and made all the sentiments and the verse on the computer. I also used a Martha Stewart punch and a few gems, flowers from Wild Orchid crafts and some punched fronds. i also made a box for it. I have just realised I have forgotten to take a pic of the side with the verse on it! The actual card is threesided .

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

This is a quick card for a birthday request. The image is a digistamp and all the papers are from my stash. I have coloured the image with promarkers and doodled a border using a black sakura pen. I made the sentiment on the computer.

Tuesday, 22 June 2010

Well its that time of the year again, the end of the school year and here are a couple of teacher thank you cards that I have made.
The apple shaped card is from a template I found on someones blog( I'll have to check whose it was), I have inked around the edges and all the papers are just from my scrap box. The images are from google and all the sentiments are computer generated.

Monday, 21 June 2010

This is my Friendship card for my partner in the recent friendship swap on the docrafts forum. I coloured the image using distress inks. The papers are K&Co along with some from my scrap box. I have distressed the edges with a Tim Holtz distressing tool and inked around them. The ribbon was got from ebay. The sentiment was computer generated. I hope the recipient liked it.

Sunday, 20 June 2010

This is a wallet card I made for a swap on the docrafts forum. The image was a free one in one of the crafting magazines. The papers are K&Co. I have inked all the edges with distress inks, antique photo and the gingham ribbon is from my stash. The sentiment was in a kit I bought from QVC, a K&Co box of goodies which I have yet to make a hole in there are so many sentiments in it.

Saturday, 19 June 2010

This little card is for my niece,Tamara for her 8th birthday. She is a brillant gymnast so I googled for the image. I cut some stars using a set of quickcutz dies, the sentiment was made on the computer. The stripe paper is from my stash and the gems are from a swap.

Friday, 18 June 2010

This is the card I have made for my father-in-law for Father's Day. The image is a stamp I bought on ebay which I embossed and then distressed with vintage photo ink. The papers are all from my stash of bits. The sentiment was made on the computer. I also added a piece of ribbon behind the image. I'm really pleased how this card turned out.

Tuesday, 15 June 2010

This is the last of the cards for my daughters 21st birthday. I used a Pink Petticoat image coloured with promarkers. I added a little diamante to her necklace. The papers are a free download from Zoe Pearne, they are fab very like My Minds Eye. The flowers are just punched out shapes which I edged with distress ink and layered up with a sparkly brad in the centre. The border is a Martha Stewart punch.

Monday, 14 June 2010

This is another of the little handbag cards. I used the citrus Collection of papers from DCWV. These are fab papers. I beaded the handle and added a little key charm. (It is hanging down the back so you cant see it , forgot to pull it forward to photograph it doh!!) The clasp is cut out from the paper and raised on a foam pad. I used a Martha Stewart punch to create a border. The sentiment is made on the computer. Inside I created a little pocket to hold some money but I forgot to photograph it.

Sunday, 13 June 2010

My youngest daughter is 21 today and this is one of the cards I made for her. I have used a gorguss girl image coloured with distress inks. I cut a circle from a square card using a nestie circle. Then I punched out different leaves, fronds and flowers from the same white linen card. I edged them all with distress ink, broken china. I then arranged them around the edge of the circle. I added some adhesive pearls and a sentiment made on the computer to finish it off. I saw this idea on the whiff of joy inspiration blog and this is my first attempt at it.

Saturday, 12 June 2010

This card was a request for a 21st birthday, for a girl and it had to have a horse on the front. I found the image on google and matted and layered with some fabulous papers from the Citrus collection at DCWV. I think the paper tones ins beautifully with the colours of the image. I love this paper pack and have been using it a lot. The sentiment is made on the computer. All the edges are inked with distress inks in Antique photo. I also added a peice of gold coloured organza ribbon.

Thursday, 10 June 2010

Just a couple of quick boys cards needed in a hurry. I googled for the images . Sentiments made on the computer along with the backing paper for the football card. I printed out the words of the Chelsea chant, it's hard to see on the pic, and used it as a background for the image of John Terry. The digger background paper is from my stash.

Wednesday, 9 June 2010

This is a card for a couple who are moving to a new town. I cut the little house and the trees freehand and then inked around the edges with distress inks. I added a pearl on the front door. The sentiments are made on the computer. I used a nestie circle of DCWV paper to mat and layer the image.

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

This little card is for a colleague at work who will be 50 in a few weeks time. I have used the DCWV paper pack - Citrus collection - the papers in this are so gorgeous. I have made a beaded handle and a cut out flower from the paper embellished with an adhesive pearlescent stone. Hope she likes it.

Monday, 7 June 2010

This is a commission for a friend at work for a Ruby Wedding card. I used a stamp I had bought on ebay , embossed it wiyth cosmic shimmer gold embossing powder, once on white card and again on the red card. I cut the hearts out of the red card and layered them onto the white. The backing paper is from K&Co and I layered on some gold nestie circles. The red card was embossed using a cuttlebug hearts folder. The flowers are punched out of the backing paper and some gold vellum and layered up with some roses from wild orchid crafts.I added some fronds and leaves cut using punches. the sentiment is made on the computer. I decorated a box to match. I think it turned out well, I hope she is pleased with it.

Sunday, 6 June 2010

This card is for a nurse who is leaving to take up a post in another hospital. it is from a patient of hers. The papers are DCWV Garden Party collection, another great stack of beautiful papers. The sentiment was made on the computer and cut out using a nestie scalloped circle. I matted and layered, inked the edges with Antique photo distress inks and added some butterflies cut from the paper.

Saturday, 5 June 2010

This was a special request for a handbag shaped birthday card. I haven't made one of these for a while. I used a fab DCWV paper from a paper stack called Citrus Collection. Its all fabby colours and patterns. I made the handle from some wire and threaded it with beads from my stash. the sentiment was made on the computer. I added a few ribbons to finish along with a flower cut from the paper as a closure. All the edges were inked using Distress ink in Fired Brick.

This little card is another one for little Ben from his Granny. She has 8 granddaughters and this is the first little boy. I guess he will be well and truly spoiled! lol The image is a Newton the Bear colouring page which I coloured using promarkers. I have just a few of these and I really like using them. I will have to get a few more. I cut the image out using a nestie and layered it onto some blue card. I made a couple of border strips using a striped paper which I edged with a Martha Stewart punched border and layered onto blue card. An organza ribbon and a little charm finished it off. The sentiment was made on the computer.

Friday, 4 June 2010

Sorry I have been such a bad blogger over the past few weeks but I have been very busy and also had my little grandson to stay from Friday till Monday. I was so tired after he left that it took a few days to get myself back to normal lol. This is a card for a 50th birthday. I printed the sentiment on the computer and matted and layered it onto some dark brown card. The background paper is Bo Bunny, the stripe is the reverse. I made a border using a Martha Stewart punch and added a dark pink organza ribbon. I tied a few little bows at the bottom. The flowers are a mix from Wild Orchid crafts and prima. I punched some fronds from a matching Bo Bunny paper and added some tiny pearls among them.. I added some sparkle with Stickles stardust glitter glue

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I am married to Stephen and we have two daughters and a little grandson. We live in the centre of Northern Ireland in a town called Portadown. I work part time and spend most of my free time between crafting and looking after my grandson Ryan who is now three.

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